WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court last December permitted Texas to move ahead with a new voting map beneficial to Republicans, as the justices faulted a lower court for issuing an order blocking it "on the eve of an election."

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent.

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Texas to implement a contested election map previously blocked for racial gerrymandering, adopting reasoning from an earlier emergency ruling. Georgetown law professor Steve Vladek called the order a “novel extension ...

April 28 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared Texas to use its rare mid-decade congressional map, handing a victory to the Trump administration and Republicans in their expanding redistricting fight ahead of the midterm elections. Texas was the first ...

The Supreme Court weakened Section 2, the linchpin of the 1965 civil rights legislation that prohibits diluting the electoral power of voters of color. But the statute’s fingerprints can be seen all over Texas’ maps.

Texans decided who will face off in the November election, with multiple statewide offices open for the first time in more than a decade. State Rep. James Talarico defeated Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Tuesday's primary election and will carry ...